The Loeries radio jury member and executive for brand, marketing and digital at Pick n Pay, Katherine Madley, chatted to VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity on the state of retail.
The Loeries 2025 in-person jury judging session took place on Monday and Tuesday, 6 and 7 October, in Cape Town. VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity caught up with some of the jury presidents to glean some of the highlights of the entries and what constitutes a winning entry.
Melusi Mhlungu, We Are Bizarre's founder & chief creative officer, says all he has wanted to do in his career is be a sponge in the world and then come back to South Africa and wring out all that he has absorbed.
This episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on brands in a future where digital wallets are a gamechanger as the technologies of digital identity, crypto/blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) converge.
“We can talk about AI all we want to, but the foundations of AI are about how you can harness the power of digital to transform the continent in the way we want it to transform.”.
Episode 3 is the Energy Episode with special guests Kagiso Tshepe, executive creative director at Grid Worldwide, Roanna Williams, chief creative officer and co-founder of Boundless, Fran Luckin, chief creative officer of VML, Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of The Loeries and Brandon Govender, digital & integrated executive creative director at Joe Public.
Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 2 is the Emotion Episode and features special guests Neo Segola, head of creative at Le Pub, part of the Publicis Group, Sharleen James, chair of the ACA and marketing practice lead at Accenture Song, Tebogo Skwambane, WPP country manager, Terry McKenna, executive creative director of The Odd Number and rounding it off Carl Willoughby, chief creative officer of TBWA / Hunt Lascaris.
Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 1 focuses on that five percent difference, with special guests Wayne Naidoo, CEO of the Duke Group, Marc Algranti from Algranti Music and Nkanyezi Masango, chief creative officer from Dentsu Creative.
Out There Impact (OTI) will be using mobile to help promote the United Nations’ (UN) efforts of spreading the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. This follows the "There Are 17 Numbers That Can Change The World" pilot campaign – which ran in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
OTI made the announcement while presenting its methodology and findings at the recent SDG Media Summit, at the United Nations HQ in New York....
Not satisfied with releasing a "me too" video product, location-based mobile network Vicinity Media have worked hard to release a truly first to market location-focused video solution and are proud to announce the product includes some global innovations.
The Mobile Marketing Association South Africa (MMA SA) Smarties Awards 2017 was held at The Capital Moloko Hotel, Sandton in Johannesburg on Thursday, 2 November 2017.
Recently Johannesburg was the host to the newest member of the Huawei family. Urban Tree in Kramerville, Sandton was transformed into an unforgettable sensory experience that kept consumers entertained for hours.
When you need more consumer engagement for your brand, you know where to go! Chichi sponsored call advertising reaches every consumers in all emerging markets and creates great consumer engagement with brands that leaves lasting memories.
Anyone can propose a mobile solution but it takes a touch of a genius to come up with mobile services that connect with consumers, engage with them socially and convert them to customers.